Truth is, you’re incredibly unlikely to reach any goal you set
if you don’t have the habits needed to make it happen. If it’s
going to be grueling work the entire time, you’re increasing your
chances for failure several times over.

Last
Wednesday we talked about how we can lose our willpower
and self-discipline when it’s needed in numerous areas at the same
time.

Discover Where You’ll Need Will Power

Let’s say you set a goal of “fitting into your old prom dress
before your class reunion in 9 months."

If that’s your goal, you’re immediately going to start doing
some things that probably aren’t habits for you at this point.
Thinks like:

Eating less calories each day

Increasing the amount of water you drink

Decreasing the number of carbs in your diet

Running or biking several times a week

Incorporating some resistance training and

Getting enough sleep.

If you try to do ALL of those things at the exact same time,
you’re probably going to fail. Your willpower and
self-discipline is going to be so incredibly fatigued that you will
probably fail.

But, most of us don’t really sit down and think about those
things when we set the goal of “Fit into my old prom dress before
the class reunion in 9 months."

Break Down The Goal Into
The Needed Habits

Look at any one of your biggest goals, maybe launching a
podcast, or starting an online business, or maybe learning to play
the guitar. Look at that goal and write down the habits you’d
need to have in order to support that goal.

Honestly evaluate whether each one of those items is already a
habit of yours.

Make the Habit The Goal
First

Once you have the list of habits, decide if any of them will
support or help learning additional habits. For example, if reading
15 minutes a day is a habit, that might be a good one to focus on
first, because it can help support your habit of writing every day.
But don’t do them both at the same time. Make reading a
habit then work on making writing a habit.

Spend your willpower energy on one habit at a time until the
energy it takes is so small, you can easily start the next habit.
Some say it’s 21 days and others say it’s over 60, on
average. Some things may take even longer.

As you do this, you’ll find that the goal you had set will start
to take care of itself.

The pieces will all fall together and it will seem that you’re
barreling towards your bigger goal at a speed you never imagined
and it’s seeming like it’s taking no effort at all.

One desired habit until it’s developed, then go on to the next
one. This means you may have to project out a bit further
when it comes to the ultimate goal, but it’s well worth it when you
realize your chances for success have increased
dramatically.

Habits Cross-Over and
Benefit Future Goals

That’s more good news in this, the more you develop habits to
support your goals, the more habits you’ll have for future
goals.

There are some habits that will cross over into other areas.
In the future you won’t have to develop those ones as they’re
already there for you.

This is why it seems successful people can be successful at so
many things in life. I mean the really truly successful, not
just the ones making a lot of money. Remember, money doesn’t
define success.

This is how some people are said to have “the Midas Touch” which
means “everything they touch turns to gold.” It’s because
they’ve got the core habits already in place.

Call to
Action

Look at your biggest goal up ahead.

Write done the habits you’ll need to accomplish the goal

Focus on the one habit which will have the greatest impact on
the other habits and the eventual goal.

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About the Podcast

This show will help you find abundant success in your personal as well as business life. You'll be lead towards greater achievement in your physical well-being, accomplishments in your business or career, and true joy in your relationships, by focusing on your attitude and mindset.
Your host, P. Desmond Adams will show you how to "change the world around you by changing the world within you." Desmond will teach you how to see all of life's experiences as beneficial to your whole being, discover how to be steady and consistent in your efforts so you can finally finish what you started, increase what you accomplish in life with the same amount of time and effort, and understand the greater purpose of your existence and how that will bring an unimagined peace within.
You'll benefit from over 30 years of study Desmond has done through the teachings of personal development and self-help teachers such as Tony Robbins, Napoleon Hill, Gregg Braden, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Wallace Wattles, Jack Canfield, Ernest Holmes, Rhonda Byrne and the one who finally helped Desmond discover the secret to the Law of Attraction, Charles F. Haanel.